President Bush had dinner last month on the Stanford University campus at the home of George P. Shultz, who was President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, and the topic of conversation was not, as might be expected, the war in Iraq. Instead, guests said, Mr. Bush spent the evening focused on how he could create a public policy center with his presidential library after he leaves office in 2009….

Whatever Mr. Bush decides, one thing is obvious: Two and a half years before he leaves office, with his popularity at record lows, Mr. Bush is actively thinking ahead to his post-White House life. His dinner with Mr. Shultz, a Hoover fellow, offers a glimpse into how the president wants to spend at least some of his time and influence his legacy — after he leaves office….

"I would like to leave behind a legacy or a think tank, a place for people to talk about freedom and liberty, and the de Tocqueville model, what de Tocqueville saw in America," Mr. Bush told Mr. Schieffer. "I would like for there to be a place where young scholars come and write and think and articulate and opine and teach."

Let’s all help out our busy President, by suggesting some names for the George Bush Presidential-ating Think Tank. It’s our patriotic duty. (While you’re at it, Kos is running a "GOP in 2006" slogan-a-thon as well for the upcoming elections. If you can think of a good election slogan for the Rethuglicans, please share it in the comments.)

UPDATE: David Shuster just reported on MSNBC that Dusty Foggo announced his resignation at CIA. Foggo was Goss’ #3 man at the Agency, and has been caught up in the hookers, poker and defense contracts scandal with Duke Cunningham — with reports that he’s likely looking at a federal indictment, being currently under investigation by the FBI. More from the TimesOnlineUK.

Christy Hardin Smith

Christy is a "recovering" attorney, who earned her undergraduate degree at Smith College, in American Studies and Government, concentrating in American Foreign Policy. She then went on to graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania in the field of political science and international relations/security studies, before attending law school at the College of Law at West Virginia University, where she was Associate Editor of the Law Review. Christy was a partner in her own firm for several years, where she practiced in a number of areas including criminal defense, child abuse and neglect representation, domestic law, civil litigation, and she was an attorney for a small municipality, before switching hats to become a state prosecutor. Christy has extensive trial experience, and has worked for years both in and out of the court system to improve the lives of at risk children.